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Discussion on: Have a Handy JS Snippet You Want to Share?

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Nick Taylor

It looks like the escaping only works in FireFox according to the MDN docs, RegExp.prototype.source (see Browser Compatibilty section).

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RevanProdigalKnight • Edited

Hmm. I verified that the MDN isn't just out of date by testing in Chrome. I can't remember the context I was using that snippet in precisely, but I do remember it was designed to run in IE10+, Chrome, and Firefox.

I may have just been using it so I wouldn't have to escape all my backslashes for a string.

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Nick Taylor

I tried in Chrome yesterday and it doesn't error out, but it just doesn't escape.